wet formed holster for my Kel-Tec P3AT.

[Randy Cornelius]

First look at the books that Tandy / TLF has. "How to make Holsters" by Stolhman, Buscadero beltls and Holsters, The Old West Collections Jessie James rig, Black Canyon Fig, Cheyene Holster ,ect there are about 8 patterner packs in that series. Jim Simmons has a book out also that you can buy through Hide Crafter or use to be able to.

Good luck with your project.

RC

[K-Man]

Can you post some titles of books so I can look through them before I buy? Also, any books that cover modern holster making for autos. Thanks..Jordan

Talk to Bruce Gibson, a member here. He has a video/dvd by Dusty Johnson that's titled, Holsters and Knife Sheaths. It shows techniques that will give you the basics in the making of the holsters. IMO it's much easier to translate what's shown in the video than tryiing to read through some of the instruction books.

[Mike Phelps]

Nice looking little rig there TexasGeezer!

The rig in my avatar over there is one I made for myself and one of my 1911 A1s. Like a lot of over folks I couldn't find any instructions on making rigs formed tight for pistols that were tight enough to be secure without flaps and straps and other junk.

A member of the IILG forum, Art Schwab, made a few with straps and stuff and he sent me some copies of his patterns. I took the Jacquia Slide pattern he sent, made it a little taller, eliminated the strap&snap, added another line of stitches on the bottom[of the frame side, rear of holster] after the basic forming was done to tighten things up a bit, rewet and formed it again, after making some inserts from wood for the trigger guard, ejection port sight track etc and clamped it all up good and tight and let it dry. I wear it lot, use it area Practical/Action shooting matches. It works great. Made it from that cheap, heavy skirting Tandy sells. It is unlined, just used gum tarraganth inside to seal it from oils and moisture and resolened the outside.

[Jordan]

thanks for the info, still trying to setup my shop area and waiting on a sewing machine from Ed. but my back is not cooperating been out of action for over a week now. sorry to kinda hijak the thread, very nice job on the holsters guys. Jordan